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Apache2's configuration files, by default, are in /etc/apache2/.

it used to be httpd.conf, so don't be fooled.

Installing and Configuring MySQL

apt-get install mysql-server-5.0

/etc/init.d/mysql start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload|status

To first start working with this database, the root password must be set. The word root does not apply to the system's root, but to the database administrator, however, it can be the same person. So let's set it and log in: mysqladmin -u root password 'thepassword' mysql -u root -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or g. Your MySQL connection id is 10 to server version: 5.0.20a-Debian_1-log Type 'help;' or 'h' for help. Type 'c' to clear the buffer.

apt-get install php5

Installing and Configuring PHP

Now, add support for MySQL: apt-get install php5-mysql

Just like for Apache and MySQL, extra packages will have to be install as well: apache2-mpm-prefork, libapache2-mod-php5 and php5-common.

every time you modify it, Apache must be restarted.

Installing and Configuring Postfix

The default configuration files are in /etc/postfix, we will only use main.cf

I also like to add some more packages for PHP, such as CLI, Pear, LDAP, IMAP, GD, mhash, ODBC and PostScript: